This specially priced version of Live 7 LE is for music educators who want to get their pupils up to speed with the latest in DAW music production, especially when live performance is the goal.

Over the years, Ableton Live has won numerous awards for its innovative workflow and refreshing simplicity, and Live 7 LE software offers many of the elements of the latest version of this popular music production and performance software, including studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192kHz, the new Simpler and Impulse instruments, loops and construction kits by Puremagnetik, realtime time-stretching and warping of files, and more.

Just like the complete Ableton Live 7, LE makes music-making fast, easy, and fun. With its intuitive interface and pro features for recording, songwriting, remixing, and DJing, you'll have your students ready and eager to work in the real world.

Ableton Live 7 LE Educational Edition Features:

Studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192kHz
64 audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project
Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing for software instruments
More than 20 built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs
2 software instruments: Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums
VST and AU effects and instruments support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
Real-time time-stretching and warping of AIFF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and MP3 files for DJing and instant remixing
Real-time tweaking of Live's controls with any MIDI controller letting you MIDI-map it or choose from a list of popular supported controllers for instant mapping
Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
Multicore and multiprocessor support
Sampled instruments: Essential Instrument Collection 2 LE Edition by SONiVOX and ChocolateAudio (boxed version only)
Loops and construction kits by Puremagnetik (boxed version only)
A wide selection of presets for Live LE's instruments and effects
Extensive built-in step-by-step tutorials
Printed reference manual in English
Localized software menus, tutorials, and PDF reference manuals available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese
NOTE: Live LE is limited to two simultaneous stereo audio inputs and outputs, twelve built-in audio effects, eight built-in instruments, two AU/VST effects, and two AU/VST instruments per project.

Ableton Live 7 LE Educational Edition Specifications:

System Requirements
Mac: Any G4 or faster (Intel Mac recommended), 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended), Mac OS X 10.3.9 (10.4 or later recommended), QuickTime 6.5 or higher, DVD-ROM drive

PC: 1.5 GHz CPU or faster, 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommen